Heinz Flohe

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Heinz Flohe

| image = Heinz Flohe.jpeg

| caption = Flohe in 1976

| fullname = Heinz Flohe

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cologne, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|6|15|1948|1|28}}

| death_place = Vettweiß, Germany

| height = 1.75 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1952–1966

| youthclubs1 = TSC Euskirchen

| years1 = 1966–1979

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln

| caps1 = 329

| goals1 = 77

| years2 = 1979–1980

| clubs2 = TSV 1860 Munich

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 4

| totalcaps = 343 | totalgoals = 81

| nationalyears1 = 1965–1966

| nationalteam1 = West Germany Youth

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1967–1973

| nationalteam2 = West Germany U23

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1974

| nationalteam3 = West Germany B

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1970–1978

| nationalteam4 = West Germany

| nationalcaps4 = 39

| nationalgoals4 = 8

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = 1. FC Köln (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1981–1991

| managerclubs2 = TSC Euskirchen

| manageryears3 =

| managerclubs3 = TuS Olympia Ülpenich

| medaltemplates =

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Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013){{cite web | url = https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/0000257532.jsp | title = 1974 World Cup winner Heinz Flohe dies | publisher = Bundesliga.xom | date = 16 June 2013 | access-date = 21 June 2021}} was a German footballer and manager.

Career

Flohe played for 1. FC Köln (1966–1979), winning the Bundesliga title in 1978, and the DFB-Pokal in 1968, 1977 and 1978. He also played for TSV 1860 Munich (1979–1980).{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/flohedata.html | title = Heinz Flohe - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 20 August 2015 | access-date = 2 September 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} His career ended after a serious injury in his last match.

He earned 39 caps and scored 8 goals for West Germany.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/flohe-intl.html | title = Heinz Flohe - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 20 August 2015 | access-date = 2 September 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} He was in the winning squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1976 and the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

On 11 May 2010, Flohe lapsed into coma, after a stroke{{cite web|url=http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/fc-koeln/das-herz--fc-bangt-um-heinz-flohe/-/3192/2671010/-/index.html |title=Das Herz: FC bangt um Heinz Flohe |language=de |publisher=express.de |access-date=18 August 2010 |date=15 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918023359/http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/fc-koeln/das-herz--fc-bangt-um-heinz-flohe/-/3192/2671010/-/index.html |archive-date=18 September 2010 }} and died on 15 June 2013, aged 65.{{cite web | url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/fussball-heinz-flohe-ist-tot-12223585.html | title = Heinz Flohe ist tot| language = de | publisher = Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | date =16 June 2013 | access-date = 16 June 2013}}

Honours

= Club =

Köln{{cite web | url = https://www.focus.de/sport/experten/friedrichs/comeback-eines-heimlichen-weltstars-ohne-diesen-spieler-gaebe-es-keinen-oezil-goetze-oder-reus_id_4567106.html | title = Özil, Götze oder Reus gäbe es ohne diesen Spieler nicht | language = de | website = Focus Online | date = 9 September 2015 | access-date = 21 June 2021}}

Bundesliga: 1977–78; runner-up: 1972–73
DFB-Pokal: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78; runner-up: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73

=International=

Germany{{cite web | url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/heinz-flohe-ist-tot-nicht-mehr-aus-dem-koma-erwacht-12223585.html | title = Nicht mehr aus dem Koma erwacht | language = de | website = Frankfurter Allgemeine | date = 16 June 2013 | access-date = 21 June 2021}}